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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$75,000 Prague Open
May 19 - 24, 2015

(7) Heather Bansley/Sarah Pavan, Canada

Heather Bansley
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 13, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$458,625.00

Sarah Pavan
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kitchener, ON

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$603,225.00

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2015, 2016, 2018

Awards

Best Blocker 2015, 2017, 2019
Team of the Year 2019 (with Melissa Humana-Paredes)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	38	0	3	3	1	10	0	7	0	8	4	1	1	US$456,450.00

Previous Prague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Sarah Pavan - 5th	Heather Bansley - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/22-26/2015	Fuzhou Open	7	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	12	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	19	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	24, Q2	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	16	25th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	18	17th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	23	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	22	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	23	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	25	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/21-25/2014	Prague Open	9	5th	300	US$3,375.00

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2015	Pool G	Angela Lobato / Paula Soria, Spain (26, Q4)	Won 21-16, 21-9	0:32
Thu, 5/21/2015	Pool G	Jennifer Fopma / Summer Ross, United States (23)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:35
Fri, 5/22/2015	Pool G	Lane Carico / Kim DiCello, United States (10)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:38
Sat, 5/23/2015	Winner 2	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (5)	Won 21-14, 22-20	0:40
Sat, 5/23/2015	Winner 3	Taru Lahti / Riikka Lehtonen, Finland (16)	Won 13-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:45
Sun, 5/24/2015	Semi-Finals	Duda Lisboa / Elize Maia, Brazil (24, Q2)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:35
Sun, 5/24/2015	Gold Medal	Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (2)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:37

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$25,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	0	2	3	0	6	0	6	0	7	4	0	$399,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,750.00
Total	38	0	3	3	1	10	0	7	0	8	4	0	$456,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Heather Bansley												Sarah Pavan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	$28,500.00	World Championships	6	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	$69,000.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$31,750.00	World Tour Finals	7	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	$82,250.00
58	0	2	4	0	6	15	14	10	0	$259,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	4	2	4	0	10	11	12	4	0	$321,850.00
52	2	3	4	1	14	11	6	6	0	$131,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	1	7	2	4	7	9	5	1	0	$122,125.00
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
129	4	5	8	2	26	29	27	16	0	$458,475.00	Total	103	7	10	6	8	23	22	19	5	0	$603,225.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	$31,700.00	15	17	46.9 %
2014	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	5	1	0	$90,375.00	21	23	47.7 %
2015	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,375.00	10	2	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	1	0	0	5	0	2	0	7	3	2	$133,450.00	46	42	52.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Heather Bansley													Sarah Pavan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$5,400.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2010	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	5	$21,000.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2011	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	$18,000.00	2012	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	$16,600.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	$15,850.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	1	0	$45,187.50	2014	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	1	0	$45,187.50
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,687.50	2015	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,687.50
54	0	1	0	0	8	7	14	12	12	$112,500.00	Total	Total	20	0	1	0	0	5	2	7	3	2	$66,725.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	62	61.4%	19	18.8%	20	19.8%	81-20	80.2%	28	35.0%	17	21.3%	35	43.8%	28-52	35.0%	62-35	63.9%	47-37	56.0%	2	3	111-75	59.7%
2014-2015	37	60.7%	11	18.0%	13	21.3%	48-13	78.7%	18	37.5%	8	16.7%	22	45.8%	18-30	37.5%	37-22	62.7%	29-21	58.0%	2	2	68-45	60.2%
Against the Field	29	76.3%	4	10.5%	5	13.2%	33-5	86.8%	10	45.5%	6	27.3%	6	27.3%	10-12	45.5%	58-10	85.3%	28-22	56.0%	0	1	43-17	71.7%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	2	48	36	0	0	22	19	2	3	3	0	0	2	81	62
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	4
Total	0	0	6	2	69	40	0	0	30	25	3	4	3	1	0	3	111	75

Head to Head Results
Bansley/Pavan lead the series against the field 19-7 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-3
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Kolocova/Slukova	3	Bansley/Pavan	19	21-18, 21-18	0:37
7/12/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kolocova/Slukova	3	Bansley/Pavan	23	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:54
7/25/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bansley/Pavan	24, Q3	Kolocova/Slukova	10	21-18, 23-25, 15-11	1:00
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool C	Kolocova/Slukova	14	Bansley/Pavan	30, Q15	19-21, 21-14, 18-16	0:55
Series tied with # 2 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 1-1
5/24/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Gold Medal	Bednarczuk/Seixas	2	Bansley/Pavan	7	21-12, 21-18	0:37
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool E	Bansley/Pavan	12	Bednarczuk/Seixas	5	22-20, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 5 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 2-1
5/23/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Bansley/Pavan	7	Nestarcova/Pridalova	5	21-14, 22-20	0:40
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Nestarcova/Pridalova	14	Bansley/Pavan	19	10-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Bansley/Pavan	30, Q14	Nestarcova/Pridalova	19	12-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 8 Broder/May, Canada 2-0
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bansley/Pavan	19	Broder/May	28, Q5	21-12, 17-21, 15-12	0:50
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Bansley/Pavan	25	Broder/May	24	9-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:43
Lead the series against # 10 Carico/DiCello, United States 1-0
5/22/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool G	Bansley/Pavan	7	Carico/DiCello	10	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Mizoe/Nishibori, Japan 2-0
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Bansley/Pavan	7	Mizoe/Nishibori	23	21-12, 21-12	0:32
5/22/14	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool H	Bansley/Pavan	9	Mizoe/Nishibori	25	21-18, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-0
4/25/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Bansley/Pavan	7	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	21-11, 21-14	0:29
7/29/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bansley/Pavan	24, Q2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q18	18-21, 24-22, 17-15	0:57
Trail the series against # 15 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 0-1
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Bieneck/Grossner	15, Q2	Bansley/Pavan	18	21-16, 18-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 16 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 1-0
5/23/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Bansley/Pavan	7	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	13-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:45
Trail the series against # 18 Grawender/Lundqvist, Sweden 0-1
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool A	Grawender/Lundqvist	32, Q17	Bansley/Pavan	16	21-12, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Fopma/Ross, United States 1-0
5/21/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool G	Bansley/Pavan	7	Fopma/Ross	23	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Lisboa/Maia, Brazil 1-0
5/24/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Semi-Finals	Bansley/Pavan	7	Lisboa/Maia	24, Q2	21-12, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Lobato/Soria, Spain 1-0
5/21/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool G	Bansley/Pavan	7	Lobato/Soria	26, Q4	21-16, 21-9	0:32
Lead the series against # Q10 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 2-0
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Bansley/Pavan	7	Mersmann/Schneider	26, Q5	21-15, 21-18	0:35
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Bansley/Pavan	23	Mersmann/Schneider	26	21-14, 26-24	0:42
Lead the series against # Q13 MacTavish/Whitaker, Canada 2-0
5/22/14	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool H	Bansley/Pavan	9	MacTavish/Whitaker	24, Q3	19-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:47
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bansley/Pavan	30, Q15	MacTavish/Whitaker	Q18	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:57